Charles Rosher
- Known for
- Camera
- Born
- November 17, 1885
- Died
- January 15, 1974 (aged 88)
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Charles G. Rosher, A.S.C. (November 17, 1885 – January 15, 1974) was a two-time Academy Award-winning cinematographer who worked from the early days of silent films through the 1950s. He was the first cinematographer to receive an Academy Award, along with 1929 co-winner Karl Struss. Charles Rosher was born in London in 1885. He studied photography in his youth but earned a reputation early as a newsreel cameraman, before moving to the United States in 1909. He subsequently found work for David Horsley working in his production company in New Jersey. Because early film was largely restricted to using daylight, Horsley relocated his production company to Hollywood in 1911, taking Rosher with him, and opened the first movie studio there. This made Rosher the first full-time cameraman in Hollywood. In 1913 he went to Mexico to film newsreel footage of Pancho Villa's rebellion. In 1918, he was one of the founders of the American Society of Cinematographers and served as the group's first Vice-President. In the 1920s he was one of the most sought-after cinematographers in Hollywood, and a personal favorite of stars such as Mary Pickford, working with her on films such as Suds (1920), Little Annie Rooney (1925), and even Coquette (1929), Pickford's first sound film. His work with Karl Struss on F.W. Murnau's 1927 film Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans is viewed as a milestone in cinematography. He shot five films for producer David O. Selznick, including Rockabye (1932), Our Betters (1933) and Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936). Rosher worked at several studios, but spent the last twelve years of his career exclusively at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, photographing such films as Annie Get Your Gun, Show Boat, Kiss Me Kate, and The Yearling. Rosher was the father of actress Joan Marsh and cinematographer Charles Rosher, Jr. Rosher died of an accidental fall in Lisbon, Portugal, on January 15, 1974. He was 88.
Known For
Filmography
Jupiter's Darling
Movie · Director of Photography
Kiss Me Kate
Movie · Director of Photography
Young Bess
Movie · Director of Photography
The Story of Three Loves
Movie · Director of Photography
Scaramouche
Movie · Director of Photography
Show Boat
Movie · Director of Photography
Pagan Love Song
Movie · Director of Photography
Annie Get Your Gun
Movie · Director of Photography
The Red Danube
Movie · Director of Photography
Neptune's Daughter
Movie · Director of Photography
East Side, West Side
Movie · Director of Photography
Words and Music
Movie · Director of Photography
On an Island with You
Movie · Director of Photography
Song of the Thin Man
Movie · Director of Photography
Dark Delusion
Movie · Director of Photography
Fiesta
Movie · Director of Photography
The Yearling
Movie · Director of Photography
Ziegfeld Follies
Movie · Director of Photography
Yolanda and the Thief
Movie · Director of Photography
Kismet
Movie · Director of Photography
Assignment in Brittany
Movie · Director of Photography
Swing Fever
Movie · Director of Photography
Stand by for Action
Movie · Director of Photography
Pierre of the Plains
Movie · Director of Photography
Mokey
Movie · Director of Photography
Million Dollar Baby
Movie · Director of Photography
One Foot in Heaven
Movie · Director of Photography
Four Mothers
Movie · Director of Photography
Brother Rat and a Baby
Movie · Director of Photography
My Love Came Back
Movie · Director of Photography
Three Cheers for the Irish
Movie · Director of Photography
Yes, My Darling Daughter
Movie · Director of Photography
Espionage Agent
Movie · Director of Photography
A Child is Born
Movie · Director of Photography
Hell's Kitchen
Movie · Director of Photography
Off the Record
Movie · Director of Photography
Hard to Get
Movie · Director of Photography
White Banners
Movie · Director of Photography
Hollywood Hotel
Movie · Director of Photography
The Woman I Love
Movie · Director of Photography
The Perfect Specimen
Movie · Director of Photography
Men Are Not Gods
Movie · Director of Photography
Small Town Girl
Movie · Director of Photography
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Movie · Director of Photography
Call of the Wild
Movie · Director of Photography
Broadway Melody of 1936
Movie · Director of Photography
After Office Hours
Movie · Director of Photography
The Affairs of Cellini
Movie · Director of Photography
Moulin Rouge
Movie · Director of Photography
What Every Woman Knows
Movie · Director of Photography
Outcast Lady
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Bed of Roses
Movie · Director of Photography
After Tonight
Movie · Director of Photography
The Silver Cord
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Our Betters
Movie · Director of Photography
Rockabye
Movie · Director of Photography
What Price Hollywood?
Movie · Director of Photography
Two Against the World
Movie · Director of Photography
Flaming Gold
Movie · Director of Photography
Dance, Fools, Dance
Movie · Director of Photography
This Modern Age
Movie · Director of Photography
Laughing Sinners
Movie · Director of Photography
Silence
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Paid
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War Nurse
Movie · Director of Photography
The Price of Things
Movie · Director of Photography
Two Worlds
Movie · Director of Photography
Knowing Men
Movie · Director of Photography
Atlantic
Movie · Director of Photography
Two Worlds
Movie · Director of Photography
The Two Worlds
Movie · Director of Photography
The Vagabond Queen
Movie · Director of Photography
Eternal Love
Movie · Director of Photography
Atlantic
Movie · Director of Photography
Atlantik
Movie · Director of Photography
Tempest
Movie · Director of Photography
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Movie · Director of Photography
My Best Girl
Movie · Director of Photography
Sparrows
Movie · Director of Photography
Little Annie Rooney
Movie · Director of Photography
Three Women
Movie · Director of Photography
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
Movie · Director of Photography
Rosita
Movie · Director of Photography
Smilin' Through
Movie · Director of Photography
Tess of the Storm Country
Movie · Director of Photography
The Love Light
Movie · Director of Photography
Through the Back Door
Movie · Director of Photography
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Movie · Director of Photography
Pollyanna
Movie · Director of Photography
Suds
Movie · Director of Photography
Dinty
Movie · Director of Photography
Daddy-Long-Legs
Movie · Director of Photography
The Hoodlum
Movie · Director of Photography
The Dub
Movie · Director of Photography
Johanna Enlists
Movie · Director of Photography
How Could You, Jean?
Movie · Director of Photography
The Honor of His House
Movie · Director of Photography
The Widow's Might
Movie · Director of Photography
The Secret Game
Movie · Director of Photography
A Little Princess
Movie · Director of Photography
A Mormon Maid
Movie · Director of Photography
At First Sight
Movie · Director of Photography
Common Ground
Movie · Director of Photography
The Clown
Movie · Camera Operator
The Plow Girl
Movie · Director of Photography
Anton the Terrible
Movie · Director of Photography
Blackbirds
Movie · Director of Photography
Carmen
Movie · Camera Operator